No words can describe what I am feeling right now. Being born in the 1980s, I was drawn towards action and everything with me is action, and aside from the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme, no one fits that category of an action star than the one and only, Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris, the same guy who fought against Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon. The same man who fought against terrorists in movies like The Delta Force and Invasion U.S.A.. The man who saved POWs in Vietnam in Missing in Action. The man who, just like Mr. T, had his own cartoon series, but didn't last longer like the former did. The man who became a Texas Ranger and fought crime with his bare hands, and befriended every guest star in every episode, including the future Sailor Venus, Cherami Leigh, defended the Undertaker from suffering the same fate from Yokozuna, and gave Vince Vaughan and the Average Joes their second wind against Global Gym Cobras in Dodgeball.
And just like he did for a young boy in Sidekicks, we dreamed of fighting alongside Chuck Norris, not just because he's a martial artist, but an everyman who won't throw hands unless he does so against bullies or villains who hurt those in grave danger. And I thought he would live forever, but not even a great man like him will eventually fall by the hand of Shinigami himself.
So, brothers and sisters, let us remember the man, myth and legend, not as a meme machine in later years, but a strong everyman fighter, who stands up for the little guy, like me.
Here's to you, Chuck! Thanks for all the awesome memories, past, present and future. Hope one day, they can live by your example of defending yourself and those weaker against bullies and all around bad people. Godspeed, good sir. Be at peace, brave Texas Ranger.
(TAPS plays)
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris
(March 10, 1940 – March 19, 2026)
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I'm sorry for the lack of posting, aside from this and my fanart I posted the other day. Let's just say I have gone through a crisis of my own making. All will be explained on my next blog. So stay tuned. Until next time, stay frost and resist modern attitudes.
Saraba da (Farewell)...for now
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